About the PathFinder Lab Journal®
A comprehensive 220 page notebook – 2/3 pages are blank – for journaling and sketching – outlines the disciplined process of Pragmatic Inquiry®. We call it a “Lab Journal” to reflect the practice of testing hypotheses, a key insight of pragmatism. Through the 5 phases and 12 exercises, it guides your practice to record your thoughts and experiences as you uncover solid truths and answers for your life-long learning journey.
PathFinder Lab Journal – Introduction: Why, What, How.
Through our own 30 year ‘Arc of Pragmatic Inquiry’ development – engaging thousands of executives and students in businesses, universities, and civic institutions – we are always in the process of refining and improving the exercises and the language. But always keeping the basic insights and frame of the American Pragmatism methodology in tact.
Most recently, with the help of Presidio Graduate School faculty, students, and administration – supported by a 3 year “Revitalizing Presidio’s Graduate School Founding Educational Philosophy” grant – we tested and completely updated the Lab Journal for the Version 3.0. The Presidio edition with preface is also available.
A PathFinder Lab Journal v.3.0 is available in two versions:
Hardcover Edition
The coil-bound hardcover version of the 220 page PathFinder Lab Journal v. 3.0.
Here is your 220 page personal lab journal to support and guide your practice of the Arc of Pragmatic Inquiry, especially to find, reflect and test your values and vision to drive your life-long higher purpose/”calling” inquiry…so that all life flourishes.
Digital Editions
The digital edition of the PathFinder Lab Journal is a comprehensive 220 page PDF of the analogue copy – above – that can be conveniently stored on the device of your choice. You can print out sections and create your personal lab journal to support and guide your pragmatic inquiries – especially to find, reflect and test your vales and life-long higher purpose/”calling” inquiry.
The Presidio Pathfinder Lab Journal, similar to the digital edition above, has added information on the founding educational philosophy (and branding) grounding the specific focus of Presidio’s MBA/MPA programs. It is also being used in the San Francisco Theological Seminary curriculum. Both schools, share the same campus in San Anselmo, CA.
Both editions of the Pathfinder share the same gtoal: he Arc of Pragmatic Inquiry practice is to support and guide your pragmatic inquiries – especially to find, reflect and test your values and life-long higher purpose/”calling” inquiry.comprehensive 220 page PDF that can be conveniently stored on the device of your choice. And you can print out sections and create your personal lab journal.
Note: \5% of the purchase price will be contributed to Presidio’s scholarship programs.
NOTE:
The PDF digital copy is licensed and password protected for your personal, non-commercial use only and may not be shared, resold, or distributed in any form. Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of instructional text is prohibited by copyright law. © 2025 All rights reserved. However, your personal entries can be – and are encouraged to be – shared as PDF pages and screenshots of your written reflections and drawings with others.
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PathFinder Field Notebook
This notebook is a condensed version of the Lab Journal. It’s ideal for classroom settings and discussion group brainstorming sessions. Here is the version published in Learning to Read the Signs – 2nd edition.
PathFinder Field Notebook in Learning to Read the Signs 2nd edition – Appendix III.
Additional Reading Material
The foundations of PathFinder Pragmatic Inquiry® are reflected and commented on in the endorsements submitted for Ron Nahser’s books Learning to Read the Signs: Reclaiming Pragmatism in Business, and Journeys to Oxford: Nine Pragmatic Inquiries Into the Practice of Values in Business and Education.
Learning to Read the Signs: Reclaiming Pragmatic Inquiry for the Practice of Sustainable Management
Ron Nahser’s primer on the need and benefits of the Pragmatic Inquiry discipline in the 21st century. It is the 2nd edition of his PhD dissertation on American Pragmatism from DePaul University’s Philosophy Dept. It helped launch the UN PRME (Principles for Responsible Management Education) book series.
Journeys to Oxford
Nine Pragmatic Inquiries Into the Practice of Values in Business and Education. It is a series of lectures given at the University of Oxford, Department of Educational Studies bi-annual Conference for the Study of Values in Education and Business.
Praxiology & Pragmatism
A collection of essays for the first time bringing European and US scholars together to bridge the gap between the two streams of inquiry.